Still slowed by an unscheduled hard drive crash. Posting a little later today. Check back
Straight Talk About Sex Offenders & Their Ankle Monitors…Are the LAPD’s Internal Investigations Good Enough?….& the Death of a City Hall Homeboy
WHAT TO DO ABOUT SEX OFFENDERS WHO SNIP THEIR ANKLE MONITORS? ROB GREENE AT THE LA TIMES STARTS A...
2012 Was a Good Year for Exonerations…..D.C. Kids Use Cameras to Protest More School Cops… More Sloppy Realignment Reporting
Light posting today. Working on a number of interesting thing for next week and the following...
Interview With LASD’s New Top Jailer…..a Profile of Former Gangster….New Probation Report Describes “Alarming” Misconduct…. Petersilia Speaks on Realignment
PATT MORRISON TALKS TO THE LASD’S NEW JAILER-IN-CHIEF The LA Times Patt Morrison did an...
Realignment Battles…..and LA’s Jail Dogs
ASSEMBLY DEMS REJECT FIRST ROUNDS OF ATTEMPTED REALIGNMENT ROLL-BACKS After decades of general...
LASD Lieutenant Sues Department Commander for Sexual Harassment & More
Angela Walton, a lieutenant who is quite literally a poster girl for the Los Angeles...
LASD to Appeal $1.1 Million Judgement ….and other stories
THE LASD WILL APPEAL RECENT HIGH $$ JUDGEMENT IN CASE OF DEPUTY SHOOTING OF PALMDALE TEENAGER WITH...
$1.1 Million Judgement for LASD Shooting With or Without “Malice”……People are Dying Like Crazy in SD Jails….and The Power of Justice Ruth
JURY AWARDS $1.1 MILLION TO PALMDALE TEENAGER SHOT BY LASD DEPUTY WHILE ON BIKE WITH TOY GUN This...
LASD Gets $$….Allegations Ongoing for Pasadena PD Officers…Supremes Hear DOMA…
SUPES VOTE TO GIVE SHERIFF ASKED FOR $22 MILLION FOR PATROLS At Tuesday’s LA County Board of...
Rules for Engagement: The Collateral Damage of School Discipline…and What to Do About It
THE SECRET TO FIXING SCHOOL DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS: CHANGE THE ADULTS Journalist Jane Stevens has a...
Prop 8 Arguments: Is Gay Marriage Younger than Cell Phones? What About the Children? Should Post-Menopausal Women Be Allowed to Marry….and Other Pressing Questions (Plus a New Big LAPD Settlement)
PROP 8 CHALLENGER ATTORNEYS DAVID BOIES AND TED OLSON AFTER TUESDAY’S HEARING It is still...
Is the Right to Counsel Becoming a Myth? ….R.I.P. Anthony Lewis….Prepping for the Supremes & Prop 8, et al
IS OUR RIGHT TO COMPETENT LEGAL COUNSEL IF WE NEED IT A MYTH? Every week I get a couple of calls...
Paul Tanaka’s Exit: the Sequel….and Possible Plans for 2014
The LA Times’ Robert Faturechi and Jack Leonard report that Undersheriff Paul Tanaka did not...
The DOJ Slams Meridian, MS Schools, with “Remarkable” Federal Consent Decree—Providing Possible Reform Roadmap for Schools Nationwide
When it comes to overly punative school discipline policies, Meridian, Mississippi, arguably leads...
Baca Speaks to Editorial Board of LA News Group……LA Experts Assess Villaraigosa’s Public Safety Report Card…SCOTUS Hears Gay Marriage Next Week
BACA TALKS TO EDITORIAL BOARD OF LA NEWS GROUP AND GETS IMPROVED REVIEWS The LA News Group includes...
Mistakes Kids Make….the School Suspension Boondoggle….”Education Under Arrest”
A brand new initiative called “Mistakes Kids Make,” sponsored by the John D. and...
Charlie Beck Says LAPD Doing Anonymous Officer Surveys, LA Cop Files Suit Charging Racism, New LASD Assistant Sheriff Does Interviews….and More
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck did a couple of back-to-back interviews this week—with KPCC’s...
Baca Jail-Building Plan Needs More Study Say Supes…..How Are Your Realignment Tax Billions $$ Being Spent?….Do We Need Legislation to Rein in Zero Tolerance?
LOS ANGELES SUPERVISORS (THANKFULLY) DECIDE THAT BACA’S $1 BILLION JAIL-BUILDING PLAN NEEDS...